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An affecting, decades-spanning tale of love and mental illness. - Kirkus Reviews
Martin keeps the pace humming with heart-breaking plot twists and resonant emotional moments, transforming the narrative into a powerful rendering of the 'true meaning of love.' - BookLife Reviews
The Better Part of Worse is a gripping family saga that explores the meaning of family, the devastation of mental illness, the resilience of love, and the enduring hope that survives even the most overwhelming challenges. Set against the backdrop of the 20th century's most tumultuous decades, the story follows Jamie Murphy, a former seminarian turned family man, as he grapples with his wife Katie's mental illness in the late 1920s. For three decades, Jamie and his daughters hold on to the faint hope of Katie's recovery.
Katie's journey sheds light on the harsh realities of mental health care and the restrictive social norms of the time. It also highlights the groundbreaking impact of the first antipsychotic medications, such as Thorazine, which offered new hope for treating severe mental illness.
An unforgettable love story marked by human brokenness and powerful redemption, the novel bears witness to God's miraculous ability to bring light out of the darkest circumstances.
Adaline Rushner is a woman in pieces. Her daughters have gone missing, and although the authorities seem to have found their bodies, something still isn't right. Her husband, Cache, can't bear the pain and wants to move on, but Adaline can't shake the feeling they're still alive. She even starts seeing them in the house, though Cache does not. Adaline wonders whether this current tragedy has something to do with the misfortune and painful experiences she suffered in her own childhood, but her memories have gaps in them that she can't quite close on her own.
After Adaline and Cache move to Salt Lake City, everything gets even stranger. Local cop Officer Abbott thinks Adaline's distinctive owl necklace may somehow link to his own missing daughter. Adaline's neighbor Maggie offers assistance and comfort, but Adaline suspects her of hiding other truths from her. Adaline tries to prepare for her girls' eventual return while investigating her own past forgotten traumas, but a threatening message urges her to let the past stay forgotten. Can Adaline find the truth and save her marriage to Cache, or will the tangled web of memories from her past keep her from moving on?
Author Lauri Schoenfeld's psychological thriller is a suspenseful tale of family trauma, discovering our inner strength, and understanding the power of forgiveness.
This 10th anniversary edition includes Bonus Material, including: Calum Me Maybe - a short story, behind-the-book info from the author, and other exclusive content. Keep Calm and Calum On!
Twenty-six is too old to believe in fairytales, but tell that to Lovie's roommate. Convinced she'll find a real life version of her ultimate book boyfriend, Calum MacKenzie, Jo drags Lovie to the Scottish Highlands. Lovie's no cynic *ahem* but she knows The Calum is a myth. A construct. A freaking unicorn! And there are warmer places to spend winter vacation.
If Duff had his way, he'd never step foot in Inverness again. Only his best friend's wedding, and his ailing grandmother, could bring him home. Duff's plan is keep his head down and stay out of trouble. Hard to do when the groom targets a pretty blond tourist for one last conquest..
When Duff and Lovie meet, stones, sparks and insults fly. He's instantly attracted to the sexy, sharp-tongued American. She's just glad to have someone to hang out with, especially the bad boy with a mysterious past. Lovie is determined to learn his secrets, but as they grow closer, Duff is forced to choose between his best friend and his heart.
MUST READ - Sexy, relatable characters who are seemingly ill-suited must overcome odds to find their cozy hub of happiness. Axelrod's style to reach that happy ever after or happy for now is amazingly inventive, highly visual and swoon-worthy romantic. USA Today
A former FBI counter-espionage agent offers field-tested methods for readers to develop mental toughness. She provides a curated package of tools and techniques to help them realize they are capable of far more than they believe to be possible.
In this revised and updated edition of Secrets of a Strong Mind, LaRae Quy combines FBI training with no-nonsense real-talk on how you can develop your maximum potential.
It's not obstacles that hold you back, it's your attitude about both them and yourself. Many people feel overwhelmed. Secrets of a Strong Mind is a timely slap in the face to remind us that grit and mental toughness are needed to stick to our values so we can face our challenges and live a more successful life.
The powerful principles in this book will help you forge an unbeatable attitude, formulate action plans, and develop the tenacity to succeed in both your personal and professional lives.
Jesus metamorphosed. Celebrities from the past. Petrified disciples. Luminous cloud. An event as important as Christmas or Easter!
Are you a preacher wondering what you can possibly say new and interesting on Transfiguration this year-to say nothing of all the Transfigurations that lie ahead of you?
Are you an everyday believer curious to learn more about this holiday celebrated every year, yet somehow overlooked and ignored?
Are you hooked on weird theological terms, intrigued by the fact that transfiguration is Latin for the Greek metamorphosis (as in butterflies and Kafka), and love to explore every wild and woolly corner of the Bible?
Are you tired of Peter always getting bashed for offering to build booths?
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then Seven Ways of Looking at the Transfiguration needs to be at the top of your reading list!
The seven ways:
1. Metamorphosis: Jesus
2. Eschaton: Elijah
3. Exodus: Moses
4. Tabernacles: Israel
5. Eyewitnesses: Peter, James, and John
6. Cloud: God the Father
7. Parousia: My Son, My Beloved
Questions about the Transfiguration answered in the book:
+ What can it possibly mean for the eternal Lord to be transfigured, metamorphosed-changed?
+ Why does Luke delete the word transfigured from his version of the, um, well, Transfiguration?
+ Why does only Jesus' clothing change in Mark's Gospel, but his face, too, in Matthew and Luke?
+ Why was it Moses and Elijah, out of all possible Old Testament figures, who met with Jesus on the mountaintop? (Not because they represent the law and the prophets!)
+ Which mountain was it, anyway?
+ Why were Peter, James, and John the only disciples invited to see the Transfiguration?
+ Why was it so offensive for Peter to offer to build three booths for the three famous men? (Not because he was a babbling idiot!)
+ Why does God speak to Jesus at his Baptism and his Transfiguration, but not at his Resurrection?
+ Why doesn't the Gospel of John have a Transfiguration story? (Or does it?)
+ Why doesn't St. Paul talk about the Transfiguration? (Or does he?)
+ Why does Second Peter, of all oddball little epistles, talk about the Transfiguration?
+ Will we be transfigured someday, too?
+ What essential thing does the Transfiguration tell us about Jesus that his Resurrection does not?
Jesus metamorphosed. Celebrities from the past. Petrified disciples. Luminous cloud. An event as important as Christmas or Easter!
Are you a preacher wondering what you can possibly say new and interesting on Transfiguration this year-to say nothing of all the Transfigurations that lie ahead of you?
Are you an everyday believer curious to learn more about this holiday celebrated every year, yet somehow overlooked and ignored?
Are you hooked on weird theological terms, intrigued by the fact that transfiguration is Latin for the Greek metamorphosis (as in butterflies and Kafka), and love to explore every wild and woolly corner of the Bible?
Are you tired of Peter always getting bashed for offering to build booths?
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then Seven Ways of Looking at the Transfiguration needs to be at the top of your reading list!
The seven ways:
1. Metamorphosis: Jesus
2. Eschaton: Elijah
3. Exodus: Moses
4. Tabernacles: Israel
5. Eyewitnesses: Peter, James, and John
6. Cloud: God the Father
7. Parousia: My Son, My Beloved
Questions about the Transfiguration answered in the book:
+ What can it possibly mean for the eternal Lord to be transfigured, metamorphosed-changed?
+ Why does Luke delete the word transfigured from his version of the, um, well, Transfiguration?
+ Why does only Jesus' clothing change in Mark's Gospel, but his face, too, in Matthew and Luke?
+ Why was it Moses and Elijah, out of all possible Old Testament figures, who met with Jesus on the mountaintop? (Not because they represent the law and the prophets!)
+ Which mountain was it, anyway?
+ Why were Peter, James, and John the only disciples invited to see the Transfiguration?
+ Why was it so offensive for Peter to offer to build three booths for the three famous men? (Not because he was a babbling idiot!)
+ Why does God speak to Jesus at his Baptism and his Transfiguration, but not at his Resurrection?
+ Why doesn't the Gospel of John have a Transfiguration story? (Or does it?)
+ Why doesn't St. Paul talk about the Transfiguration? (Or does he?)
+ Why does Second Peter, of all oddball little epistles, talk about the Transfiguration?
+ Will we be transfigured someday, too?
+ What essential thing does the Transfiguration tell us about Jesus that his Resurrection does not?
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá is a fresh collection of diverse voices from the Dominican community that offers a balance of contemporary writers of multiple generations of the Dominican diaspora. The world of Dominican literature we grew up in taught us how stories become a fierce tool that serves to amplify the realities of some while muting and many times erasing the experiences of many. This anthology includes stories that are a product of those generations. In them, you will find people who navigate homesickness, nostalgia, assimilation, identity, immigration, and so many other societal factors created by the systems of both the United States and the Dominican Republic. While these individuals grapple with full acceptance or a sense of home in both societies, the contributors put words on paper so that we can find our own full selves in the spaces created by their words. Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá attests to the vibrancy, power, and force of the sentimientos encontrados within the balance of both the here and the there.
La clase entra en sesi n, los ni os trabajan entusiasmados en su primer proyecto basado en una variedad de bailes. Mar a aprende diferentes estilos a trav s de sus amigos, cada uno de diferente origen cultural. Ella observa a sus amigos ensayando sus bailes pero no sabe qu deber a bailar. nase a nosotros mientras bailamos al descubrir el estilo de baile de Mar a.
Class is in session, all the kids are enthusiastically working on their first project based on a variety of dances. Mar a learns different styles through her friends, each from a different cultural background. She observes her friends rehearsing their dances but she doesn't know what she should dance. Join us as we dance our way to find Mar a's dancing style.
If you know nothing about game development, you're basically me before I started working on my first game DARQ. This book is for beginners and assumes no knowledge of game development on the reader's part.
As a first-time developer with no prior experience in coding, modeling, texturing, animation, game design, etc., I managed to launch DARQ to both commercial success and critical acclaim. With $0 spent on marketing, it was featured in major media outlets, such as IGN, Kotaku, PC Gamer, GameSpot, Forbes, and hundreds of others. DARQ won numerous awards, such as The Best Game of the MIX / PAX, and received a user rating of 9 out of 10. DARQ was in the TOP 50 of the most wishlisted games on Steam before launch. It made it to the Top Selling, New and Popular, and Featured and Recommended tabs on Steam. Ultimately, DARQ became #42 Most Shared PC Video Game of 2019 (Metacritic). In this book, I describe how I did it. If you're an aspiring developer wanting to make a living from making games, this book is for you.
What is the book about?The book guides you through a step-by-step process of making a commercial game. It teaches you how to learn all the necessary skills and covers various aspects of game development: mindset, preproduction, funding, business, law, development, marketing, PR, publishing, distribution, as well as pre-launch, launch, and post-launch strategies.
EndorsementsThe foreword is written by Oscar, Pulitzer Prize, and 5-time Grammy Award-winning composer John Corigliano.
CollaboratorsThe book features advice by a number of industry professionals, including:
Palma Sola, by Gabriel Castillo Campusano, is a graphic novel that, based on various sources, tells the story of a massacre of peasants perpetrated by the Dominican authorities in 1962, in Las Matas de Farfán, an event that, like the April Revolution 1965, marked with blood the second half of the 20th century in the Dominican Republic.
The Ventura Rodríguez brothers, marked by history, were born linked to the most notable peasant movement in the Antilles: olivorism. And like Olivorio Mateo, a poor mulatto peasant from San Juan de la Maguana, the Ventura Rodríguez brothers and thousands of Dominicans, were dragged to violent death at the hands of those who still hide behind the masks of power and intolerance to impose their ideas and their interests.
Blood is thicker than water, but nothing is sweeter than revenge.
Exiled from her family and thrust into the harsh spotlight of fame, Solaris James has always fought to survive. Now, on her eighteenth birthday, a shocking revelation makes her the sole heir to the James family fortune. But with wealth comes the ghosts of her past and a thirst for vengeance that cannot be quenched.
Her return brings her face-to-face with Silas O'Conner, the man she's loved since childhood. Their connection is as dangerous as it is undeniable, a forbidden love tangled in a web of dark family secrets and painful pasts. As they delve deeper into their quest for justice, their passion ignites, threatening to consume them both.
With their sight set on vengeance, Solaris and Silas are ready to expose the darkest secrets of the James family. But as old wounds reopen and new betrayals emerge, Solaris finds herself spiraling into a darkness that threatens to destroy their love.
Will Solaris reclaim her life and exact her revenge, or will the shadows of her past destroy the forbidden love that could be her salvation?
Dive into the scandal, passion, and danger of Nothing Sweeter. Buy your copy today and uncover the secrets that lie behind the gates of the James Estate!
Denise-Marie Martin's debut novel exposes the greatest longings of the human heart: to belong and be loved. Tangled Violets is the riveting story of an adoptee's search to find out who she is. Advanced degrees, professional success, and a string of failed marriages have done nothing to fill the void that has defined Lizzie Schmidt's life. Armed with mostly false information, she embarks on an improbable journey of self-discovery, searching for her biological family before the days of the internet or consumer genetic testing made such reunions commonplace.
Tangled Violets is the shocking story of how far one woman is willing to go in search of love and acceptance-a journey that leads to joy, pain, lies, and absolute heartbreak. A tale of redemption and the healing power of forgiveness, this novel demonstrates that no matter what we have done or where we have been, no one is outside the mercy of God and the healing balm of his unconditional love.
Warning: This novel deals with the devastation of incest and the work of recovery-a topic rarely discussed in Christian fiction.
Katie Langston is an unlikely convert to Christianity.
She grew up in a devout, conservative Mormon family in Utah, served a proselytizing mission to Bulgaria when she was 21, married for time and all eternity in the Mormon temple when she was 23. From the outside, she had a typical Mormon life. Inside, she was coming apart at the seams.
From childhood, she battled The Questions-obsessive-compulsive disorder, though she didn't have a diagnosis for it until much later-and lived inside a complex maze of anxiety and fear. This was compounded by Mormonism's emphasis on worthiness, a designation of acceptability in Mormon practice, that brought her to the edge of despair as a young mother.
Then, almost by accident, she had an encounter with the grace of Jesus Christ-and her world changed.
In candid but not sensationalized ways, Langston explores little-understood Mormon practices and teachings while grappling with universal human questions such as the nature of faith, the complexity of family, the process of healing, and what it means to truly belong.
This book is intended to be a bridge-builder, a way to help non-Mormons understand Mormonism and Mormons orthodox Christianity through the power of personal narrative. Most of all, it is a testimony of Jesus Christ, in the hopes that those who read it-Mormon, Christian, or neither-will catch a glimpse of the spectacular, life-changing grace of God.
Socrates once said, No human condition is ever permanent. I never comprehended these words. I figured he talked about death or about the improvement of one's self. But now, I consider an alternative, he actually knew something the rest of us didn't. My love for the philosophies of life, which I've studied over my epigrammatic college career, led me to a new conclusion, Socrates must have known about vampires.
Oliver Brixby believed, without a doubt, he was having an allergic reaction to a new medication: loss of appetite, light sensitivity, pale skin... it turned out worse than he could have ever imagined - he was now a vampire.
Oliver's quiet, bookish existence takes a flip when introduced to the vibrant social scene of a New York City vampire. His adjustment will not be easy, since he's squeamish at the sight of blood.
This fresh translation of Martin Luther's 500-year-old classic is designed for both the eye and the ear. Its lively language and distinctive layout will make committing these words to heart a joy for the faithful at any age.
A pastor with familiar doubts. A spouse just starting to feel at home. When heartbreak strikes, will the church heal their wounds, or only salt them?
Upstate New York, 1988. Pastor Donald Abney is plagued by uncertainty. Grandson of a fiery revivalist preacher, the gentle peacemaker wrestles with the contrast between their respective ministries. But when his household is rocked by a devastating accident, his misgivings become a painful certainty lacking any consolation.
Carmichael Abney wonders if she's settled too soon. Haunted by alternate versions of herself, the devoted pastor's wife and academic is furious when her parents reveal their Jewish heritage to her pre-teen daughter without her permission. But before she can work out how to handle that breach of trust, she suffers a life-shattering tragedy.
As Carmichael grapples with her grief, a former ally pressures her to change to suit a personal agenda and triggers an explosive reaction with far-reaching consequences. And though at first Donald's preaching is invigorated by his pain, he falters as his congregation fractures in the wake of his wife's outburst.
Will mounting tensions stop this grieving family from reclaiming life and hope?
By turns humorous, historical, and holy, A-Tumblin' Down expertly reveals an intimate look at life inside the parsonage. Confronting difficult topics head-on with mystagogical realism, ironic observations, and energetic prose, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson delivers a compelling page-turner of intense theological depth.
A-Tumblin' Down is an absorbing work of literary fiction. If you like deeply human characters, lively discussions of faith, and blending adversity with hopefulness, then you'll adore Sarah Hinlicky Wilson's beautiful story.
Buy A-Tumblin' Down to balance sorrow and grace today!
Bounded by Ink is a melting pot of creativity that consists of poetry, blogs, and artwork, but this time, author Narell Hunt features the artwork from other artists as well as her own. Bounded by Ink stems from a piece inspired by the need to follow your path regardless of the obstacles that try to sway you from it. Author Narell Hunt hopes this novel inspires others to follow theirs as well.
Palma Sola, de Gabriel Castillo Campusano, es una novela gráfica que, desde diversas fuentes, narra la historia de una masacre de campesinos perpetrada por las autoridades dominicanas en 1962, en Las Matas de Farfán, hecho que, al igual que la Revolución de abril de 1965, marcada con sangre la segunda mitad del siglo XX en la República Dominicana.
Los hermanos Ventura Rodríguez, marcados por la historia, nacieron vinculados al movimiento campesino más notable de las Antillas: el olivorismo. Y como Olivorio Mateo, un pobre campesino mulato de San Juan de la Maguana, los hermanos Ventura Rodríguez y miles de dominicanos, fueron arrastrados a una muerte violenta a manos de quienes aún se esconden tras las máscaras del poder y la intolerancia para imponer sus ideas y tus intereses.
Con excelente manejo de la tensión y un dibujo exquisito, Gabriel Castillo nos lleva de la mano para narrar el declive y renacimiento del movimiento Liborista. Demostrando un buen manejo del arte secuencial, nos muestra esa parte olvidada de nuestra historia sin la cual es imposible entender el presente. de manera agradable y accesible .
-NINO MARTÍNEZ SOSA
Director de Liborio, la película
The magic begins when the Good Witch of Salem glares into her crystal ball to find that someone is in need of kindness and love. With the help of her cat Aura, the Good Witch creates colorful potions in her gleaming cauldron. Will the potions be enough to guide the way to healing and happiness? Can the Good Witch of Salem use her magic to help one find their true self?